From Laura Jane Grace to Public Enemy, these are just a few of the tracks certain to be remembered within the context of this moment of violence and injustice they rail against.
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Protest on the Wind: Summer 2025’s Songs of Political Strife
Words: A.D. Amorosi
Photo: Skylar Watkins

Words: Lizzie Logan
Photos: Carianne Older
Lighting: Sammi Smith
Location: Gold-Diggers

Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Trevor Brady

Words: Will Schube
Photo: courtesy of The Forefront Group

Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kenn Box

Words: Will Schube
Photo: Kevin Allen

Words: FLOOD Staff

Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Sophie Webster

Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Michael Leviton

Words: Kurt Orzeck
Photo: Mark Cieslikowski

Words: Will Schube
Photo: courtesy of the band







Watch Your Grandparents Perform at Kenter Trailhead in LA for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Born Ruffians Perform on a Rooftop in Hamilton, Ontario for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Yoshika Colwell Perform at Austin’s Barton Springs for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Jack Van Cleaf Perform in Nashville for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Hitsujibungaku’s Moeka Shiotsuka Perform on the Beach in Santa Monica, CA for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Mobley Perform in a Pocket Park in Austin, Texas for “Neighborhoods”

Watch Famous Friend Perform at Will Rogers State Beach in LA for “Neighborhoods”

Following a successful Tiny Desk performance and the release of her second album, Scorpio, the songwriter talks reaping the rewards after a decade of putting in the work.
Words: Lizzie Logan
Photos: Carianne Older
Lighting: Sammi Smith
Location: Gold-Diggers

The Canadian alt-pop artist discusses her sixth LP A6, feeling connected to her younger self, and learning to live in the moment.
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Photo: Trevor Brady

The Kentucky-based songwriter digs deeper into the systems of belief that informed her latest collection of Americana music, Planting by the Signs.
Words: Mike Hilleary
Photo: Ryan Hartley




Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue
With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.

Words: Will Schube
Photo: Dutch Doscher

Words: Steve Horton
Photo: courtesy of A24

Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Russ Leggatt

Words: Will Schube
Photo: Elinor Kry

Words: Will Schube
Photo: courtesy of the artist

Words: Kim March

Words: Mike LeSuer

Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Justin Cook

Words: FLOOD Staff
Photos: Skylar Watkins

Words: FLOOD Staff

Words: Will Schube
Photo: Skylar Watkins

Words: Will Schube
Photo: Skylar Watkins

Words: Mike LeSuer
Photo: Yulissa Benitez

Lorde, Virgin
The pop star retains the tainted-love throb of electro rhythm on a fourth LP that’s high on affection, low on gloss, and geared toward transcendence and sneaky sexuality.

Frankie Cosmos, Different Talking
Greta Kline’s sixth album finds her clicking with her new band, lending these songs a DIY quality reminiscent of her early demos despite digging into themes exclusive to adulthood.

BC Camplight, A Sober Conversation
The UK-via-NJ songwriter’s blackly comic neo-chamber-pop missive on sobriety still manages to speak to the upbeat without a snip of excess emotion.


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